Ticket #2844 (closed defect: invalid)
deb vfs error
| Reported by: | gv | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | mc-vfs | Version: | master |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Branch state: | no branch | Votes for changeset: |
Description
- wget ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/v/virtualbox/virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
- run /usr/bin/mc
- Press enter on virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
Error
dpkg-deb: file `/home/[deleted]/virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb' contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up
Change History
comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 3 Changed 12 years ago by gv
$ dpkg-deb -c virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
dpkg-deb: file `virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb' contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 2 Changed 12 years ago by andrew_b
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to invalid
- Milestone Future Releases deleted
Replying to gv:
dpkg-deb: file `virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb' contains ununderstood data member data.tar.xz , giving up
mc itself doesn't parse deb or rpm packets. mc uses output of deb-dpkg or rpm utilities to get packet content.
So, this bug looks like bug of deb-dpkg utility or bug of VirtualBox? packaging. Please assign this bug to Debian team. Thanks!
comment:4 Changed 12 years ago by gv
My test was on Fedora. On Debian dpkg-deb works fine:
# dpkg-deb -c virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-1_i386.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./etc/init.d/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 6138 2012-04-05 13:24 ./etc/init.d/virtualbox
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-06-21 18:51 ./etc/default/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 669 2012-04-05 13:24 ./etc/default/virtualbox
....
But you're right, dpkg-deb from Fedora is old.
Please run
and show the result.